Slightly drunk — the happy, early stage, after one or two drinks, when you feel warm and relaxed and laugh more easily, but you can still walk and talk and think clearly enough.

Slightly drunk有點醉——the happy, early stage那種快樂的初期階段，after one or two drinks喝了一兩杯之後，when you feel warm and relaxed and laugh more easily覺得暖暖的、放鬆，也更容易笑，but you can still walk and talk and think clearly enough但走路、講話、思考都還算清楚。

It is a gentle, friendly, slightly old-fashioned-sounding word, and people mostly use it about themselves or about friends, often with a smile: "I'm a bit tipsy." That softness is the point — calling someone tipsy is a kind way of saying they have had a few, where "drunk" would sound like a criticism. Because of this, people also use it to be politely dishonest about how drunk they really are.

It is a gentle, friendly, slightly old-fashioned-sounding word這是個溫和、親切、聽起來有點老派的字，and people mostly use it about themselves or about friends大家大多用來講自己或朋友，often with a smile常常還帶著笑容："I'm a bit tipsy."說「我有點 tipsy」。That softness is the point這種溫和感就是重點——calling someone tipsy is a kind way of saying they have had a few說某人 tipsy 是比較溫和的說法，說他喝了幾杯，where "drunk" would sound like a criticism換成 "drunk" 聽起來就像在批評。Because of this也因為這樣，people also use it to be politely dishonest about how drunk they really are大家也會用它來禮貌性地掩飾自己其實醉了多少。

It sits on a scale that runs roughly: sober → tipsy → drunk → wasted / hammered / plastered.

It sits on a scale that runs roughly它落在一個大概是這樣的量表上：sober → tipsy → drunk → wasted / hammered / plastered.sober（清醒）→ tipsy（微醺）→ drunk（醉）→ wasted / hammered / plastered（爛醉）。

There is also an older, rarer use meaning "tilting, not standing straight" — a tipsy old house leaning to one side — which is where the word came from in the first place.

There is also an older, rarer use還有一個比較舊、比較少見的用法，meaning "tilting, not standing straight"意思是「傾斜、站不直」——a tipsy old house leaning to one side像 a tipsy old house（一棟歪向一邊的老房子）——which is where the word came from in the first place這其實才是這個字最早的來源。

Note that it is almost never used before a noun in ordinary speech; people say "she was tipsy", not "a tipsy woman".

Note that it is almost never used before a noun in ordinary speech要注意，日常講話中它幾乎不會放在名詞前面；people say "she was tipsy"大家會說 "she was tipsy"，not "a tipsy woman"而不是 "a tipsy woman"。